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R e t i r e d Facult y a n d S ta f f
The College of Education bid farewell to
four of its own since the publication of
the last Keystone. We wish them well in
their retirement.
Auburn Transition
Leadership Institute
Diane Glanzer
Curriculum
and Teaching
Dr. Bonnie White
Kinesiology
Sybil Cauley
College celebrates career of
White, three other retirees
The College of Education celebrated Dr. Bonnie White’s 36-
year tenure at the university with a dessert reception in November
2010.
National Advisory Council chair Jim
Manley presents Dr. Bonnie White
with a gift.
Learning Resources
Center
Byron Tolbert
White retired in December
after serving as a professor,
assistant department head,
graduate program officer,
department head and interim
dean during her time with
the college. A recipient of the
Humana-Germany-Sherman
distinguished professorship,
White joined the faculty in
1974 as a research associate.
She served as an assistant and associate professor and department
head in the former Department of Vocational and Adult
Education. She also served as the college’s interim dean from
2004 to 2005.
White most recently coordinated the college’s Career and
Technical Education programs and served as assistant department
head for the Department of Curriculum and Teaching.
A prolific researcher, White published extensively in educational
research journals and best practices publications and
wrote four textbooks.
Byron Tolbert, an instructional technology technician in the
Learning Resources Center, retired in February 2011 after 25
years with the college.
Sybil Cauley, an office administrative assistant in the Department
of Kinesiology, retired in July 2010 after 21 years of service.
Diane Glanzer, administrator for outreach programs for the
Auburn Transition Leadership Institute, retired in March 2011
after nine years with the college.
Former governor appoints
retired faculty member
to leadership position
Former Gov. Bob Riley appointed a former College of Education
faculty member to help coordinate the state’s responses to
emergencies and disasters.
Riley elevated Dr. Ronald Noland to the rank of major
general of the Alabama State Defense Force in 2010. Noland, a
former associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and
Teaching, leads a force of 450 men and women, the majority of
whom possess military experience.
In a time of crisis, Noland would lead the Alabama State Defense
Force’s efforts to assist state and local Emergency Management
Agency personnel. Noland has served with the ASDF since
1998, starting as the deputy commander of the Third Brigade in
Mobile and serving as its commander from 2002 until 2010.
Noland began his military career in the ROTC program at
Louisiana State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree
in elementary education and a master’s degree in administration
and supervision. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1958 and
was stationed in various locations in the U.S. and Japan.
After earning his doctorate in curriculum and instruction
from the University of Southern Mississippi, Noland joined
the College of Education faculty. During his 24-year career at
Auburn, he published 64 articles in refereed national research
journals and directed 24 doctoral students. He retired in 1991.
Later, he served on the faculty at Spring Hill College in Mobile
and taught graduate studies for 10 years.
College mourns loss
of former associate dean
Dr. William “Bill’’ Deaton, a former associate dean in the
College of Education, passed away in June 2010 in Tennessee,
where he had moved following his retirement.
Deaton served as an associate dean for nearly 20 years before
becoming dean of Auburn University Montgomery’s School of
Education in the mid-1990s. He also served as dean of education
at the University of West Virginia. After retiring, Deaton made
his home in Sevierville, Tenn.
He is survived by his wife, Cheryl, a three-time College of
Education graduate, and his children, Celia and William.
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